Remodeling Contractor in Evergreen, CO

Timber and stone mountain home among the pines in Evergreen, Colorado — illustrative reference image, not a project photo.

Evergreen sits at 7,074 feet, and every part of that number shows up in a renovation. The community is unincorporated — a census-designated place of 9,475 residents as of the 2020 count — so permits come from Jefferson County rather than a city hall, and the mountain building rules apply in full.
Most of the housing stock here went up in the early 1970s, mid-century modern homes with the wood, the volume and the glass that era liked, with a newer band of construction from 2017 onward filling in around it. A fifty-year-old mountain house is a specific renovation problem: original single-pane glazing, undersized electrical, decks built before anyone was thinking about embers, and framing that was engineered for a snow load nobody would sign off on today.

Building Above 6,400 Feet: What the Wildfire Code Changes

Jefferson County adopted a Wildfire Resiliency Code in March 2026 that took effect on July 1, 2026, and it changes the arithmetic on any exterior project in the foothills. Inside the Wildland-Urban Interface overlay district — which covers property above 6,400 feet of elevation — Class A roofing is required not only on new construction but on exterior alterations: a re-roof, a re-side, a deck replacement, an addition. Compliant assemblies are tested to ASTM E108 or UL 790 and include Class A asphalt shingle systems, metal, and concrete tile.
The code reaches past the roof. Siding must be ignition-resistant, deck framing and deck surfaces must be noncombustible, and ventilation openings have to meet a performance standard so embers cannot get into the attic or the crawl space. Properties inside the overlay also need a Defensible Space Permit, and the mitigation work has to be inspected by a forester the County has approved. The requirements themselves live in Section 39 of the Zoning Resolution and in Appendix Z of the building code.
Practically, this means a foothills homeowner cannot treat a re-roof as a like-for-like swap any more. We scope the roof, the vents, the deck and the siding together, because the code does, and because doing them piecemeal means paying mobilisation twice.

Water and Septic Come First in Evergreen

Before we talk about a kitchen island or a second bathroom, we talk about water. Evergreen wells draw from a fractured Precambrian rock aquifer with less than 2% porosity and very little local recharge — the water is in the cracks, not in a sand layer, and there is not much of it. Jefferson County’s Evergreen Area Plan is explicit that new rezonings should allow only uses that require little water.
That has a direct consequence for remodeling. Adding a bathroom, a second dishwasher or a large soaking tub is a question about your well yield and your septic capacity before it is a question about tile. Septic systems are the norm here, and mountain terrain limits where a field can go — slope, rock and setbacks decide it, not preference. We check the well and the septic record first, because finding out after demolition is the expensive way to learn it.

Snow Load and Hail

Ground snow load in the Jefferson County mountain areas runs 50 to 80 psf, and any structure designed for more than 70 psf needs stamped drawings from a licensed professional. That single number is what separates a foothills addition or covered deck from the same project on the plains — the framing is heavier, the engineering is not optional, and the budget has to carry both.
Hail is the other constant. The Front Range hail corridor runs straight through this county; a June 2026 storm dropped 1.75-inch stones across the west metro, and the May 2017 foothills supercell produced $2.3 billion in insured losses. Class 4 impact-resistant shingles cost more up front, frequently earn an insurance discount, and in a WUI zone can be specified to satisfy the Class A requirement at the same time.
Evergreen typically sees 80 to 90 inches of snow a year against roughly 56 in Denver. Roof design, drainage away from the foundation, and where the snow slides off a new addition are all part of the design conversation here in a way they simply are not down the hill.

What We Do

Kitchen remodeling — full gut renovations, layout changes, cabinetry and counters.
Bathroom remodeling — from a tub-to-shower conversion to a full primary suite.
Home additions — bump-outs, second storeys, and mother-in-law suites.
Roofing — hail replacement, Class A assemblies, insurance work.
Painting, tile work and fencing.

Permits in Unincorporated Evergreen

Permits are issued by the Jefferson County Division of Building Safety (303-271-8260). A kitchen remodel needs a permit if walls or windows change; a bathroom needs one if walls or utilities move. Roofing over two squares requires a permit, as do additions and decks. Fences in unincorporated Jefferson County do not require a building permit, though a miscellaneous permit is needed for a gate across an access.
Interior remodels that do not trigger Planning and Zoning review can be permitted same-day by appointment, Monday through Thursday. Everything else runs 10 to 20 business days. Anything inside the WUI overlay adds the defensible space review and the forester inspection on top.

What Projects Cost Here

Project	Typical range	What moves the number
Kitchen remodel	$18,000–$50,000	Layout changes, cabinetry tier, whether plumbing moves
Bathroom remodel	$12,000–$35,000	Tile spec, shower pan vs. tub, supply line condition
Room addition	$180–$320 per sq ft	Foundation, snow load engineering, roof tie-in
Re-roof	$9,000–$28,000	Pitch, access, Class A / Class 4 material, deck repair
Interior painting	$3–$7 per sq ft	Repairs, texture matching, lead-safe protocol on older stock

Ranges are for planning. We price a project after we have seen it, not before.

Asbestos and Lead — the Step Most Bids Leave Out

Colorado’s Regulation 8 applies to buildings of any age. On a single-family home, inspection by a Colorado-certified asbestos building inspector is required once the work will disturb 32 square feet of material, 50 linear feet on pipe, or the equivalent of a 55-gallon drum — thresholds a kitchen gut or a popcorn-ceiling removal passes easily. Friable material has to be removed by a certified General Abatement Contractor before demolition, only an accredited lab can clear a sample, and demolition requires notification to CDPHE ten working days ahead. Alongside it, the federal Renovation, Repair and Painting rule requires certified lead-safe practices on pre-1978 homes once painted surfaces are disturbed. We price and schedule both at the start. Finding them after demolition means a stopped job and a changed number.

How We Run a Project Here

We walk the property before we quote. On a house of this age and in this jurisdiction, the number depends on things nobody can see from a photo: the age of the panel, the condition of the supply lines, whether painted surfaces are pre-1978, and which review the address actually triggers. We confirm those, then price. The written scope names the permit authority, the inspections and who pulls them. If something is discovered inside a wall, you hear about it the same day with the cost impact attached — not at the end.

Water Is the Constraint in Evergreen

Evergreen sits at 7,074 feet, is unincorporated, and has about 9,475 residents — and the single factor that shapes remodeling here more than any other is water. Wells in this area draw from a fractured Precambrian rock aquifer with less than 2% porosity and very little local recharge, which means the supply depends on the fracture your well happens to intersect rather than on a broad water table. Septic is common, and mountain terrain limits where a system can be placed at all.
That has direct consequences for a remodel. Adding a bathroom or a second kitchen sink is a capacity question about the well and the septic system before it is a plumbing question. Where a system is at its limit, the honest answer is that the addition costs what the septic upgrade costs, and we would rather say that at the walk-through than after demolition. The Evergreen Area Plan reflects the same pressure at the policy level, directing that new rezonings allow only low-water uses.

Snow, Access and Scheduling

Evergreen receives roughly 80 to 90 inches of snow a year against about 56 in Denver, and that is a scheduling fact as much as a structural one. Deliveries up steep driveways, dumpster placement, and any work that opens the building envelope all have to be planned around it. Roof and deck framing here carries the mountain snow load rather than the metro one, which is why foothills structural work is designed to a different number than the same detail twenty minutes east.
The housing stock is largely early-1970s mid-century modern with newer construction from 2017 onward — two very different sets of findings behind the walls, and worth knowing which one your house is before scoping.

Kittredge and the Bear Creek Corridor

Kittredge sits about three miles east of Evergreen along State Highway 74, where Bear Creek runs through the bottom of the canyon. Like Evergreen, it is unincorporated: there is no town building department, so every permit is pulled through Jefferson County and inspected by county staff. Practically, that means a Kittredge remodel follows the same submittal path, the same wildfire-area construction requirements and the same inspection scheduling as a job in Evergreen proper.

What differs is the ground. Houses here are tucked tight against the canyon walls and the creek, so lots are narrow, driveways are steep, and access for a dumpster, a lumber delivery or a concrete truck has to be planned before demolition rather than discovered on day one. Properties near the creek can also fall inside mapped floodplain, which adds a county floodplain review to anything that changes a structure’s footprint. We handle Kittredge projects out of the same crews that serve Evergreen, so scheduling, staging and material runs are treated as one mountain corridor rather than two separate service areas.

Services We Provide in Evergreen

All work below is permitted and inspected under the authority with jurisdiction over Evergreen.

Nearby in Jefferson County

We work throughout Jefferson County. Nearby communities:

Common Questions

Do I really need a Class A roof in Evergreen?

If your property is above 6,400 feet — and effectively all of Evergreen is — then yes, for a re-roof as well as for new construction, under the code effective July 2026.

Can I add a bathroom to a house on septic?

Sometimes. It depends on the design capacity of the existing system and the room available for a field. That is a soil and permit question, and we get it answered before design work starts.

Do you work in Kittredge and the canyon?

Yes. Kittredge, Bergen Park and the canyon corridor all fall under the same county permitting and the same WUI rules described above.

Talk to Us About Your Project

We work throughout Jefferson County and the wider Denver metro. Tell us what you are trying to do, and we will tell you what it takes — permits, code, sequence and a real number — before anyone signs anything. See our Colorado remodeling price guide or read more about the areas we serve in Jefferson County.